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John Parker v Information Commissioner

The Tribunal dismissed John Parker’s information rights appeal, holding that the withheld documents were personal data exempt under FOIA section 40(2), and that the alleged document fabrication point was outside its jurisdiction.

  • Foia section 40(2) personal data
  • Eir regulation 13 personal data
  • Foia/eir regime applicability
  • Environmental information
  • Legitimate interests test under uk gdpr article 6(1)(f)
  • Section 58 foia tribunal jurisdiction
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John Mitchell v The Information Commissioner

The Trust did not hold the information requested as reasonably interpreted; the Decision Notice was not wrong in law or discretion and the appeal must be dismissed.

  • Freedom of information
  • Public authority obligations
  • Environmental information
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John Mitchell v The Information Commissioner

On the balance of probabilities, the Trust had conducted adequate searches and provided all information held within the scope of Mr Mitchell's request; discrepancies between NHS Digital and Trust data did not establish that the Trust held additional undisclosed information.

  • Freedom of information
  • Environmental information
  • Public authority duties
  • Vexatious requests
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John Mitchell v The Information Commissioner

The requested information, being a manager’s internal review about a request for information, is too far removed from substantive environmental information to be considered environmental information under EIR. FOIA is the correct regime to apply.

  • Environmental information
  • Freedom of information
  • Jurisdictional regime determination
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Information rights

Womenswold Parish Council v The Information Commissioner

The Tribunal dismissed Womenswold Parish Council’s appeal and upheld the Information Commissioner’s decision notice requiring disclosure or a valid refusal notice under the EIRs.

  • Environmental information
  • Freedom of information
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Environmental-information
  • Freedom-of-information
  • Information-rights
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Administrative law

Christopher Owen v Information Commissioner

The Tribunal allowed an FOI appeal, holding the council could not rely on vexatious-request or manifestly unreasonable exceptions to refuse the information request.

  • Freedom of information
  • Environmental information
  • Vexatious requests
  • Manifestly unreasonable requests
  • Transparency in planning decisions
  • Freedom-of-information
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Bryan Rylands v The Information Commissioner

Regulation 12(5)(e) was engaged as the withheld information was commercial, confidential, and disclosure would prejudice the Council's legitimate economic interests in ongoing tendering; the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighed the public interest in disclosure.

  • Environmental information
  • Confidentiality of commercial information
  • Public interest test
  • Regulation 12(5)(e) eirs
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Information rights

Stephen Roberts v The Information Commissioner

The Council held the underlying data necessary to compile the requested map or list of roads subject to the 20mph speed limit; providing the information in the requested format does not constitute creation of new information but disclosure of information already held; therefore, the Council held the requested information at the time of the request.

  • Environmental information
  • Public authority obligations
  • Freedom of information
  • Data holding and disclosure
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Administrative law

Stephanie Hanson v The Information Commissioner

The Tribunal allowed this FOIA appeal in part, finding inadequate searches for some requested information and directing the Council to reconsider Questions 5, 9 and 15.

  • Freedom of information
  • Environmental information
  • Public authority duties
  • Freedom-of-information
  • Information-rights
  • Search-adequacy
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John Leslie Prichard v The Information Commissioner & Anor

The First-tier Tribunal dismissed an information rights appeal, finding Fladbury Parish Council held no further relevant environmental information and the Commissioner’s decision was lawful.

  • Environmental information
  • Freedom of information
  • Public authority disclosure
  • Internal review procedures
  • Environmental-information
  • Freedom-of-information
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